# Podium
\n> **Po**jav + So**dium** = **Podium**<\/p>\n
A tiny Mixin mod that disables Sodium’s PojavLauncher check. **Requires Sodium to run.**
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## Disclaimer
\nThis doesn\u2019t magically make Sodium work on all devices or renderers. You\u2019re still on your own when it comes to compatibility issues.<\/p>\n
## Requirements
\n– **Minecraft:** 1.20+
\n– **Loader:** Fabric 0.15 or newer or NeoForge
\n– **Java:** 21 or newer
\n– **Sodium:** 0.5.13 or newer
\n– **Launcher:** PojavLauncher with MobileGlues or LTW<\/p>\n
## Installation
\n1. Download the latest release of **Podium** from Modrinth or Curseforge.
\n2. Make sure you have Fabric Loader or NeoForge installed on your PojavLauncher or Amethyst instance.
\n3. Put the `podium-1.1.0.jar` into your `mods` folder alongside Sodium.
\n4. Use a supported renderer like **LTW** or **MobileGlues**.
\n5. Launch the game. If everything works, Sodium will no longer crash due to the Pojav check.<\/p>\n
## What’s the deal with Sodium and PojavLauncher?
\nSodium replaces Minecraft\u2019s rendering engine with something far more efficient, but that comes at a cost. PojavLauncher is known to struggle with mods that mess with rendering in non-standard ways which is exactly what Sodium does.<\/p>\n
These incompatibilities often led to crashes or visual glitches when running Sodium on Pojav. As a result, people (mostly kids) flooded the Sodium support channels asking for help with issues that weren\u2019t actually Sodium\u2019s fault. This got annoying quickly, so the Sodium team added a launcher check.<\/p>\n
Originally, it was just a warning. As of Sodium 0.6.13 (or 0.5.13 on 1.20.1), it crashes the game.<\/p>\n
JellySquid, the author of Sodium, has stated that the check for PojavLauncher will remain in the mod.<\/p>\n
## So why does *this* mod exist?
\nGood question.<\/p>\n
Yes, Sodium and Pojav have been historically incompatible, but that\u2019s changing. Pojav relies on something called *renderers*, which act as a translation\/compatibility layer between the game\u2019s graphics code and mobile hardware. Old renderers were notoriously bad: either super slow or completely broken with anything beyond vanilla Minecraft.<\/p>\n
But now we have **MobileGlues** and **LTW**, two newer renderers that massively improve both compatibility and performance:
\n– **MobileGlues**: Developed by Swung0x48 and a few others, offers solid compatibility and decent performance.
\n– **LTW**: Developed by Artdeell, amazing performance and great compatibility with Sodium.<\/p>\n
Thanks to these, running Sodium on PojavLauncher is no longer guaranteed to cause crashes and visual glitches. Podium simply removes the crash mechanism.<\/p>\n
## License
\nMIT. Do whatever you want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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